May 3, 2013

This week began with such excitement as we celebrated Lag B'Omer with a field day. The four teams were so motivated to earn points and everyone had a blast playing games and dancing.

Our country studies continued with a goal of having our boards completed by next Friday. Then, we will spend time creating menus from our countries and preparing foods to offer at our International Fair (June 5th, 8:30 a.m.).

In math we've been focusing on story problems and locating the key words which tell us whether we need to add or subtract (how many more, total, how many fewer, in all, how much less, etc.).

We continued to work on our letter writing by creating our own Dear Abby questions. Next, we will answer the letters.

And, in Torah we read the story of Joseph being thrown in the pit and then going to Egypt. We talked about what it means to be a slave and we made several connections to our Civil Rights unit.

Shabbat Shalom,

Hamorah Caren

Reminders: the book report is due on Friday!

This Monday at 9:30 we will be releasing our butterflies. Parents are welcome to join us.

Making a giant Israel Facebook page.

Working on our country study presentation boards.

Our sunflowers are starting to grow!